Marine propulsion and lighting.



No. 880,011. PATENTED SEPT. 4, w06.

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APPLICATION FILED MAB.. 27, 1905.

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SEPT. 4, 1906 PATENTED No. 880,0ll.

G. G. SCHROEDER, MARINE PRPULSIN AND LIGHTING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.27, 1905.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR-27, 1905.

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Be it known that I Grenen Sennonnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at l/Vashingtmi, in the District of Columbia, have invented new and useful improvements in Marine Propulsion and Lighting, of which the following 1s a specification.

This invention has relation to m arine propulsion and lighting; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter described.

The object of the invention is to provide an engine of the rotaryV type which is adapted to have its shaft connected with the shaft of a rotary generator. rlhe said generator is electrically connected with. suitable storage batteries, which in turn are conne d with lights used for illumination and fo iling. The shaft of the said engine also adapted to be connected with the pi'opelle-ir-sh af t, and by this means rotaryv motion is transn'iitted to the propeller. A suitable means of special construction is provided whereby the rotary movement to the propeller may be. re-

A system of levers and clutches is provided, which are so arranged that when the engine is thrown out of gear with the propeller it. is at the saine time threwi Vin gear with the generator, and vice versa. lt will thus be seen that the engine is at all times working underay load--rsthat is, it is eithe operating the generator or the propellersward thus the engine cannot run without load and rack itself.

The form ol' engine employed is preferably of the rotary hydrocarbon type. The generator is adapted to store the batteries with current, which is used for lighting the craft and also for signaling. A set of switches is provided in the electric circuit, wl'iereby the current may be sent direct from the generator to the lights or fron. the batteries to thel lights.

Vit-h these and vother objects in view my invention consists of the special arrangement and const rnction of the parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying dra\vings,'Fig11re 1 is a longitndinalsectional view of a craft, illustrating the location of the Apropulsion means therein. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the propulsion means. Fig. 3 is a. side elevation of the propulsion means.' Fig. 4 is a sectional View of the reversing'means used between Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 27,1905. Serial Nd. 252,259.

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Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

th e propeller and the engine-sh aft. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the reversing means shown in Fig. 4, and Fig. Gis a diagrammatic view of theelectric circuits used inconnection with the electrical features of the device.

In this invention the prime mover consists of a rotary engine 1. The said engine is preferably of the hydrocarbon type, but a steam. rotary may be employed, if desired. The shaft 2 of the said engine rotates in one direction onlv, and to each end of the said.

engine-shaft 2 are fixed disks 3 and 4. The supplemental shaft `5 is'in alinemcnt with the shaft 2. The said shaft 5 is provided with the sliding disk 6, which is adapted to engage and disengage the disk 3. To the end ofthe shaft 5 is attached a sliding' doublerlhe lever 8 is suitably fulcrumed and is provided with an arm t), which engages the collar of the geanWheel 7 and is adapted to slide the same. The propeller-shaf t 1() is located behind or beyond the end of the suppleniental shaft 5 and is provided at its end with a fixed casing 11. The said casing 11 is provided with a centrallysloeated beveled gear 12 and around its inner edge with the internal beveled gear 13. The gear-wheel 7 is adapted to mesh with either of the gears 12 or 13. The bearing 14 is located immediately behind the casing 11. The shaft 1() is also provided with a thrust-bearing 15 of any suitable pattern, and the propeller 16. The shaft of the rotary generator 17 is .in alinement with the shaft 2 of the engine 1. The shaft IX'ef the said generator is provided with a sliding disk 19, which is adapted to engage and disengage the fixed disk 4, l0- cated upon the shaft 2 of the engine 1. Adjacent to each of the sliding disks 6 and 19 is located a vertically-extending lever 20 and 2] The said levers engage the collars of the sliding dishs 6 and 19, respectively, and the said levers are connected together by a crosslink 22. The said levers 20 and 21 are so spaced apart by 'the cross-link 22 that when the levers are moved to bring the disk 6 into frictional ,contact with the disk 3 the disk 19 is moved out of frictional contact with the disk Lt, and vice versa` It will thus be seen that when the engine 1 is thrown ont of gear with the propeller-shaft 10 it is simultaneously thrown into gear n ith the shaft of the generator J7, and vice versa.

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\ mental shaft, the adjoining endsv of the pro- A In testimony Wheeoff nfl-ix thy'signature peller-shaft and the supplemental shaft being in presence of two subscribing Witnesses. provided With reversing meims, a rotary gen- 4erator having its. shaft in alnement With the i GEORGE G' I. l

5 engine-shaft, and friction-disks .carried by I Witnesses: the engine-shaft and the generator-shaft, and E. W. VAN .DYKE`, v'adapted so-.engage and dlsengage each other. .l QB. E. BROOKE. 

